Berkeley Technology Law Journal Student Podcast

The BTLJ Podcast team sits down with Professor Jürgen Kühling, a member of the German Monopolies Commission, to discuss the implications of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for big tech companies and consumers. The Digital Markets Act recently went into effect on November 1, 2022, when this interview was recorded. For more reading on this subject, refer to the following links: Bill Batchelor, Frederic Depoortere, Aurora Luoma, Giorgio Motta, and Ingrid Vandenborre, EU Digital Markets Act Enters Into Force on November 1, Creating New Regulatory Regime for Large Tech Platforms, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Oct. 12, 2022), https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2022/10/eu-digital-markets-act-enters-into-force#:~:text=The%20DMA%20sets%20out%20rules,and%20national%20competition%20law%20rules Digital Markets Act - The New Era of EU Digital Regulation for Big Tech, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (June 1, 2022), https://www.akingump.com/en/news-insights/digital-markets-actthe-new-era-of-eu-di

Quantum computing, computing that harnesses the power of quantum physics, and specifically, quantum states brings the world not just abstract scientific theory, but practical applications that will likely revolutionize our day-to-day lives. Join the BTLJ podcast as they sit down with Joonas Keski-Rahkonen and Katri Nousiainen to discuss how lawyers, regulators, and the international community can prepare for the next quantum revolution.

The BTLJ podcast sits down with Robert Koulish to discuss bias in algorithms. Dr. Koulish is a political scientist at the University of Maryland and serves as the Director of MLaw, which is the University’s law programs. Much of his current research has focused on risk assessment within immigration detention centers. Professor Koulish is the author of Immigration and American Democracy: Subverting the Rule of Law and co-editor of Immigration, Detention, Risk, and Human Rights: Studies on Immigration and Crime.

The BTLJ podcast sits down with Professor Van Houweling to discuss property rights in the metaverse. Following the discussion, Jim Lischeske will be highlighting the key takeaways.

Regulating Online Hate Speech, with Christopher Wolf by The BTLJ Podcast

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is the first dedicated privacy regulator in the United States. The BTLJ podcast sits down with its Chairperson, Jennifer Urban, to hear how this pioneering agency is protecting consumer privacy on the internet. Hosted by Nathaniel Kellerer, Andrea Zachrich, Martin Fischer, Anuja Shah, and Sonali Khanna. Produced by BTLJ Podcast Editors Isabel Jones and Seth Bertolucci and Senior Online Content Editors Thomas Horn and Karnik Hajjar.

Are geofence warrants running roughshod over the first and fourth amendments? Or are they an innocuous law enforcement tool that's really no constitutional violation at all? The BTLJ Podcast speaks with renowned constitutional law experts Erwin Chemerinsky and Orin Kerr to get some guidance. Hosted by Ben Brokesh, Chris Musachio, Hazim Alwazir, Hannah Brown, and Meg Sullivan. Produced by BTLJ Podcast Editors Isabel Jones and Seth Bertolucci and Senior Online Content Editors Thomas Horn and Karnik Hajjar

Hosts Matt Sardo '23, Meg Sullivan '23, Ibrahim Hinds '23, and Seth Bertolucci '23 discuss Section 230 with Berkeley Law Professor Pam Samuelson. Edited by Diming Xu '22. Produced by BTLJ Podcast Editors Andy Zachrich & Haley broughton.

Hosts Ximena Velazquez-Arenas '23, Kavya Dasari '23, Kurt Fredrickson '23, and Nathaniel Kellerer LLM '21 discuss Antitrust and Big Tech with Berkeley Law Professor Chris Hockett. Produced by BTLJ Podcast Editors Haley Broughton & Andy Zachrich.

We discuss Prof. Scott Skinner-Thompson's theory of "performative privacy" as a means of resistance for marginalized communities and its limitations, which he expounds on in his new book "Privacy at the Margins." (Prof. Skinner Thompson is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School.) Hosts: Andy Zachrich (J.D. '22) and Ximena Velazquez-Arenas (J.D. '23).

Hosts Matt Sardo '23, Ibrahim Hinds '23, and Ximena Velazquez-Arenas '23 cover the increasing privacy concerns surrounding COVID-19 tracing apps, Senate hearings with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey, and the Federal Aviation Authority's clearance of Boeing's 737 MAX to resume flights in the U.S.

We discuss adversarial machine learning, the CFAA, and AI bias with Prof. Ryan Calo (Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law) and David O'Hair (associate at Knobbe Martens), co-authors of “Is Tricking a Robot Hacking?” from our Journal's Volume 34, Issue 3. Hosts: Haley Broughton '23 and Allan Holder '21

Hosts Kavya Dasari '23, Meg Sullivan '23, and Jonathan Baer '23 cover Zoom's settlement with the FTC, an antitrust case against Amazon in the EU, and the Department of Justice's challenge of Visa's Acquisition of Plaid, a fintech start-up.

Hosts Ximena Welazquez-Arenas '23 and Diming Xu '23 cover the DOJ's antitrust suit against Google, Uber's response to California's recently-passed Proposition 22, and the United States' charges against Russian hackers in connection with several global cyberattacks.

Hosts Allan Holder '21 and Kavya Dasari follow up on our coverage of Epic Games' antitrust suit against Apple, and cover recent developments regarding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a privacy lawsuit filed against the San Francisco Police Department, and the release of a joint statement by an international coalition of countries regarding encryption and public safety.

Hosts Ibrahim Hinds '23 and Kurt Fredrickson '23 cover recent criminal charges against the founders of one of the world's largest BitCoin exchanges, the House's antitrust report on Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon, and the Supreme Court copyright case between Oracle and Google.

Hosts Matt Sardo '23 and Meg Sullivan ' 23 follow up on last week's coverage of TikTok's request for an injunction to the ban of its app, and cover Epic Games' lawsuit against Apple following the companies' dispute over banning Fortnite from Apple's App Store, the EU's draft of antitrust regulations for large tech companies, Seattle's recently-passed minimum wage legislation for Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare drivers, and Anthem's multi-million dollar settlement with over forty state attorneys general.

Hosts Kurt Fredrickson '23 and Jonathan Baer '23 discuss antitrust action against Google, the latest in TikTok’s troubles with the current administration, and a data breach class action against Amazon.

Host Veronica Bognot '21 discusses Amazon’s alleged misuse of seller data, the most recent salvo in Facebook's suit against NSO Group, and the Supreme Court's ruling on whether explanations of the law are copyrightable.

Host Yexi Xu (LLM '20) tells us all about police drones in Baltimore, how Facebook and Twitter are dealing with the President's LIBERATE tweets, and Intel freeing up its IP during the crisis.